shorten_multiple_column_names: Shorten Multiple Column Names

In l-gorman/rhomis-R-package: Essential Processes for RHoMIS Data

Shorten Multiple Column Names

Description

Used to abbreviate multiple column names based on their last values. Typical RHoMIS column names come in the for "xxxx/xxxxx/xxxxx/important_name". This function helps to extract only the final value "important name". It will do this for multiple column names

Usage

shorten_multiple_column_names(long_names, seperator)

Arguments

long_names	The list of column names which need to be shortened
seperator	The string seperating parts of each column name

Details

Rpackage file: CleanColumnNames.R

Value

A list of shortened column names

Examples

long_names <- c(
  "xxxx/xxxxx/xxxxx/important_name_1",
  "xxxx/xxxxx/xxxxx/important_name_2",
  "xxxx/xxxxx/xxxxx/important_name_3"
)
seperator <- "/"

shortened_names <- shorten_multiple_column_names(long_names, seperator)

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